The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1887-04-30
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upon such summons. refuse or neg
lect to attend, with the tools desig-
mated, aud to their duty either in
person or by sending in their place,
and to be accepted by the oycr.
seer Of the roads, an efficient hand
not subject to be called 20 work On
the public roads, shall forfeit aud
pay the sum OF two dollars per day
for each person SO %ncglectlng Or
refusing, to he recovered with costs,
by Judgment before any justice Of the.
peace in the ward, and paid by said
justice to the overseer; and in default
of payment of said fine, The persons
80 failing to pay shall. be imprisoned
in the parish prison thirty days,
said imprisonment to be enforced
by information or Indictment before
the District Court. and it shall be
the duty of the different road oyer.
scers of the parish to furnish the
District Attorney with a list of all
such persons who fail to pay said
fines without delay; provided that
any person so sommoned shall be
excused from road duty, upon pay.
mcnt to the road oversecr by whom
he may be summoned, of the sum OF
one dollar for each day he may be
so summoned, said sum to be paya-
bic within the twenty.four hours
next after the summons may be serv-
ed upon him, otherwise the penalty
provided herein, shall be enforced
against him; said sun vlen SO paid
over 70 tile overseer, to be experd'
ed by him in hiring laborers to work
on said road, or purchasing material
at option of the overseer. That any
person who shall evade or seek to
eyade the road duty, by giving to
the overseer or his deputy when
called upon to perform the same, a
false namc or age as his own, Or
who SHALL refuse to give his name
shall pay a fine of twenty-five $50
dollars and costs, the fine to
be recovered before the proper jus.
tice Of the peace, upon complaint
of any oycrseer to that effect; and
in default Of the payment Of the fine
within t%wenty-four hours after judg.
mcnt, the person so in default shalt
be imprisoned thirty days in the
parish prison, to be enforced by
Indictment or information before
the District Court. That no person
can be compelled to ross a naviga-
BILE stream to work on a public
road when there is a public road on
his side Of said stream, except by
special act Of the Police Jury,
WHAT CONSTITUTES A DAYS WORK.
Sec. IL. He it ordained, ETC., That
any person liable to do road duty,
who shall in obedience to the sum.
mons OF the ovcrsecr, attend. and
does not work faithfully. at least
eight hours during each day so sum.
.moned, shall not be considered as
Maving done a days work, and shall
he entitled to credi. for only the
time he works. and not for snc'.
time as he may be in attendance
but idling.
IDLE TINE DEDUCTED.
SEC. IL. Re itrordained, ETC., That
the overseer be and is hereby au.
thorizcd to deduct the time so idled
away, by such persons as may be
summoned to work on the public
road, and she'll have the authority
TO continue to call them out from
time to time, to make up the time so
idlcd away, and upon the failure nr
refusal of any person to attend upon
such summons to make up such
deficit, lie shall he liable to the
same fines imposed in Section 10
upon persons failing, refusing
oil n~eglecting to attend ws.en sum-
moned, said fines to be recovered
in the manner provided in said sec
ton.
Sec. l3. Be 1t ordained, ETC., That
they be further required to constant
ly keep and maintain in good and
safe order The public roads in the
district of which they are overseer.
together with the necessary bridges,
causeways, bitches, drains, mile posts
and direction boards thereon, and
when at work on a road always